Ranking the best/worst Angels uniforms

It was 10 years ago this month that the Angels rolled out a new uniform. They have been in the red ever since.

The first 40 years of the franchise's history featured more than a few different looks – from halos on the hats to the inevitable double-knits of the 1970s to the lost periwinkle years.

You probably have your favorites. Click on the photos to see how we rank the Angels' fashion choices over the years.

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THE FIRST

Nobody wore it better than Ted Kluszewski who customized his Angels jersey with a “suns-out/guns-out” look.

Sleeves or no sleeves, this look wouldn't go over very well with today's Angels fans. Remember the backlash when Arte Moreno put “Los Angeles” in the team name? Imagine the reaction if he put it back on the front of the jerseys.

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The Angels finally got a home of their home in 1966, moving to Anaheim and leaving their awkward co-tenancy at Dodger Stadium in favor of Angel Stadium.

The uniforms in the late ‘60s reflected that change. Gone was the “Los Angeles” across the front, replaced by “Angels” on the jerseys and the interlocking ‘CA' logo on the hat – plus the halo (check out the coach in the background behind Paul Schaal, above).

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THE WORST

Disney did a lot of good things for the Angels franchise – like spearheading the renovation of Angel Stadium in the mid-90s and winning the team's first championship in 2002.

But, seriously – periwinkle? What were they thinking?

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Pinstripes are slimming? Didn't work that way with Mo Vaughn.

You can't prove a direct link between the periwinkle jerseys and Vaughn's injury in his first home game as an Angel. But you can't prove there wasn't one either.

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Could Mike Scioscia have won over 1,000 games as Angels manager .... dressed like this?

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Young Garret Anderson does not look happy in this photo. With that logo – can you blame him?

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The Angels are obviously not proud of their 1990s fashion faux pas. They wore different retro uniforms for each Friday home game last season. They did not bring these back.

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THE MOST UNDERRATED

The Angels wore this look for most of the ‘90s before getting Disney-fied. The classic, old-school look with the return of the interlocking ‘CA' logo worked well (even against a background of empty seats) for players like Jim Edmonds and Tim Salmon.

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Dan Haren looked good in the ‘90s style as part of the Angels' retro promotion last season.

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This is the look the Angels had when Mike Trout was born.

Feel old?

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THE MOST DATED

The Angels teams in the early ‘70s were largely forgettable. The same goes for the double-knit, sans-a-belt uniforms that ruled baseball during that decade. The Angels added their own twist with a lower case ‘a' in the logo across the front and on the hat.

Fernando Rodney (above) would have fit in well on some of the pitching staffs in those days.

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At least the Angels capitalized the ‘A' in time for Nolan Ryan's prime.

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The uniforms were ‘sans-a-belt' in those days – but not ‘sans-a-mustache' (sported by Terry Humphrey, above).

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Those uniforms looked a lot better when Gene Autry was able to get players like Reggie Jackson to wear them.

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The Angels chose to kick off their 50th anniversary season last year by wearing the uniforms from their first division championship teams (1979, 1982, 1986) in the 2011 home opener.

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THE FORGOTTEN

Very briefly, the Angels wore “Anaheim” across the front of their jerseys (Scott Spiezio, above). Moreno's big-market approach to branding his team made those go away.

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THE BEST

It's hard to find fault with the red uniforms the Angels have now worn for the past decade (Tim Salmon, above). It's a classic, clean look. The fact that the team has had the most successful 10-year run in franchise history hasn't hurt, either.

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Tim Salmon, Troy Glaus, Garret Anderson and Matt Wise (left to right) modeled the new look when it was unveiled in January 2002. Red, we were told, was the favorite color of the Angels' original owner, Gene Autry.

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Fashion experts will tell you accessories can make the outfit. In 2002, the Angels accessorized their new look with some jewelry.

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